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Foreign and Domestick Affairs In Early 17th Century Court
The lettered dispatches recount dissatisfaction over cannon shipments from France to a royal court, with 70 pieces proving undersized and 130 more anticipated likely flawed. Ministers who advised neutrality are in disfavor while war fears rise, and a push to convene the States for security is noted. Venetian reports detail Cremona actions and German forces near Cremona under Vaudemont, with Eugene sending Vaubonne and Visconti east. Naples reports prisoned Milanese horses and a bank collapse. Milan fears insurrection amid unrest. Hamburg gossip notes a Cologne elector resisting foreign troops, while Swiss letters mention lavish French-Spanish diplomacy in Switzerland and French reinforcements to Italy. Cologne notes the elector plans retirement once terms pass.